Tooth shade guide



Dec. 1924- 1,518,608

c. SHORT TOOTH SHADE GUIDE Filed July 27, 1920 F1656. FIG: .2 121 1613.

sylvama,

Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SHORT, OF DARBY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB' TO THE S. S. WHITE DENTAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION 01 PENNSYLVANIA.

TOOTH SHADE GUIDE.

Application filed July 27, 1920. Serial No.399,288.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES SHORT, a c1t1- zen of the United States, and aresident of Darby, county of Delaware, State of Pennhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tooth Shade- Guides, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying-drawin o fiy invention relates particularly to that class ofdevices that are employed by dentists in determining b comparison the particular shade of arti cial stock teeth that may be best substituted for the natural teeth 5 of the patient, and is especially directed to means employed in connection with tooth mountings or tagsupon which the individual teeth are pivotally supported, for backin said teeth,

00th facings which are usually mounted upon a backing of gold are affected in their .color or shade, especiall alo their incisal margin, which is relatively 'n, by such gold backings, and 'therefore, the shade of a as tooth as shown bythe shade-guide will not be the true shade of the same tooth when mounted upon its backing.

The rincipal object of my lnvention is to prov de an attachment or device which may be employed in connection with tooth mountings or tags of a tooth shadeide, to afford such a temporary or trial bac ing for the teeth thereon as to produce in said tooth a color or shade similar'to the color or shade produced by the gold mounting or backing to which a stock tooth is-to be attached.

Other objectsof my invention are to provide such an attachment or device, so constructed and arranged as to be readily. as-

0 sociated with or applied to and removed from the tooth mountings or tags ofa tooth shade-guide in position to effect the desired result.

My invention comprehendsa device for the purpose contemplated having means by which it may be removably secured to the tooth mountings on tags of a tooth shadeguide.

Specifically stated, the form of my.1nven tionas hereinafter described, comprises a tooth backing or trial plate preferably formed of metal. resembling gold, and having an aperture therein to rec'eivethe tooth end portion of the tooth mounting or tag of a tooth shade-guide, and having a shank forming a handle by which it may be held; said backing plate being arranged to closely overlie the back face of the shade-guide tooth, and the handle being arranged to overlie the shank of the tooth mounting or tag, and be held therewith, while comparin said shade-guide tooth with the nature teeth of the patient.

My invention also includes all of the various novel features of construction and arrangement as hereinafter more definitely specified.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation view of the tooth shadeguide comprising the holder and a plurality of tooth mountings removably carried thereby; Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of a tooth mounting or tag removed from the holder showing the tooth mounted therein in its normal position; Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the structure shown in Fig. ,2; Fig. .4 is a rear elevational view of the structure shown-in Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. 5 is a side elevational view similar to Fig. ,3 but showin the tooth with its incisal end upturn and a backin plate showing a convenient embodiment o my invention associated therewith; Fig. 6 is a rear elevational view of the tooth mounting and the associated backing plate shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the backing plate per se; Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of atooth mounting showing a modified form of a backing plate embodying my invention, applied thereto; Fig. 9 is a rear elevational view of the tooth mount-.

ing and backing plate shownin Fi .8; Fi

10 is a front elevational view 0 atooti mountinghaving a backing plate applied thereto embodying another modified form of my invention; Fig. 11 is a side elevational view of the tooth mounting and backing plate shown in Fig. 10; F ig.- 12 is a frontelei- 'vational view of a tooth mountinghaving applied thereto a plate embodying afurther modification of my invention;"and' Fig. 13

is a side elevational view of thetooth inount-'- and. plate shown .in Fig.12.. I

in in said figures, the holder 1 which is pref e'rably formed of sheet material, is provided with suitably spaced elongated apertures arranged to receive the tooth mountings or I tags 2, to each of which atooth 3' is pivoted to closely overlie the by-means of the pintle 4, which is preferably secured in the tooth, and which is rotatably mounted in one end of the mounting or tag 2.

The tooth mounting or tag 2 is provided with an elon ated shank 5 of uniform width, arranged to be conveniently received in the apertures provided therefor in the holder 1, and is relatively narrower than the body 6 adjacent to the tooth, to afford shoulders 7 to form abutments arranged to engage the upper wall of the holder 1 when inserted therein, as shown in Fig. 1.

The body 6 of the tooth mounting or tag 2 is provided with slits 9 and 10 extending longitudinally therein and forming spring tines 11 and 12, which are bent forwardly, as best shown in Fig. 3 in frictional engagement with the rear surface of the tooth 3.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the tooth backin plate 13, which is preferably formed of s eet metal resembling gold, is provided with the aperture 15 arranged to receive the tooth end portion of the body 6 of the tooth mounting or tag 2, and is provided with a shank forming a handle 16 by which it may be held and which is offset, as best shown in Fig. 5, so as to closely overlie the back surface of the shank 5 of the tooth mounting or tag 2, while the backing portion of the plate 13 closely overlies the back face of the tooth carried by said'mounting. In

this form of my invention, it will be seen that the backing plate may be associated with the tooth and'its mounting or tag by merely placing it againstthe same, being conveniently associated with and withdrawn from said mounting and tooth by a lineal movement.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 8 and 9, thebacking'plate 17 and its handle forming shank 18 are disposed in a common plane, and said plate is provided with the aperture 19 arranged to receive the tooth end of the tooth mounting or tag 2. In this form of my invention, the shank of the tooth mounting or tag 2 must be thrust through the aperture 19, while the backin plate 17 is held at an angle to the plane 0 said tooth mounting or tag, as indicated in dot and dash line in Fig. 8; it being obvious that when the shank 16 has been thrust through said opening, the plate and its handle may be brought into parallelism with the back face'of the tooth 3 and the front face of the shank 5 of the tooth mounting or tag '2, as shown in said figure. .-In theform of m invention shown in Figs. 10 and 11, the s ank forming the bandle 20 of the backin plate 21 is arranged ront face of the shank 5 of the tooth mounting or ta 2, and iamtended around the lower end t ereofto provide a hook 22, projecting upwardly against the back surface'of said shank 5 to maintain the plate 21 and its handle forming shank 20 in locked relation with said tooth mounting. or tag 2. In this form of my invention, the backing plate may be engaged with the tooth mounting or tag 2 in the same manner as indicated in Fig. 8, until in proper lon 'itudinal position, when the lower end 0 the handle forming shank 20 ma be thrust laterally to engage the lower en of the shank 5 of the tooth mounting or tag 2 in the slot formed by the upturned hook portion 22, when it maybe brought back until the edges of the shank 5 and the handle 20 register as shown in Fig. 10.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 12 and 13, the tooth mounting or tag is provided with the stud 23, having the head 24, and the backing plate 25 is provided with the slot 26 extending inwardly from one edge thereof of a width substantially equal to the diameter of the stud 23, and so arranged that when the plate 25 is brought into proper longitudinal position with reprovides a trial backin for the shade tooth of a tooth shade-gui e, which resembles gold, and which produces in said shadetooth the appearance in color or shade, of a tooth facing when attached to a gold mount- 1ng.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the precise details of construction and arrangement as herein set forth, as it is obvious that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the essential features of my invention as definedv in the appended claims.

Having thus. described my invention, I

claim 1. A device of the class described, com rising a shade tooth permanentl moun on a older, and a trial backing or said shade tooth arranged to be readily applied and removed from said tooth.

2. A device of the class described, comprisin a shade tooth permanently mounted on a older, and a trial backing for said shade tooth readily applied and removed. from-said tooth, and havin an o ranged to receive a holder. 't erein.

'3. AJdevice of. the class described, comprisin afshade tooth permanently mounted on a older, and a trial backin for said shade tooth, and arranged to em race said holder and having a handle overlying said holder, and arranged to be held together by the thumb and finger of the operator. 7

4. A device of the class described, comprising a shade tooth permanently mounted on a holder, and a trial backing loosely applied to said shade tooth, and arranged to embrace said holder, and having an oifset handle adapted to be held engaged with said holder by the operator to operatively apply said backing to said tooth.

5. A device of the class described, comprising ashade tooth permanently mounted on a holder, and a trial backing for said shade tooth arranged to be readily applied and removed from said tooth, and having an opening through which said holder may extend, said backin being provided with means for remova 1y securing it to said holder.

6. A device of the class described, comprising a trial backing for a shade tooth of a tooth shade-guide shaped to be fitted to the shade tooth and to engage the tooth mounting or tag while in assembled relation, and having means for removably securing it thereto.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto placed my hand this 26th day of July, A. D. 1920.

' CHARLES SHORT.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. HAWKSWORTH, CLIFTON C. HALLOW'ELL. 

